Blind lovers from different castes defy family disapproval to marry in mass wedding with 48 other couples

They are blind and belong to two different castes. But braving all the odds, two lovers travelled all the way from Jabalpur to Patna to get married to each other despite facing strong opposition from their families.

Bharat Tiwari, a part-time call centre operator based in Jabalpur, tied the knot with 20-year-old college student Rekha Thakur, at a mass wedding ceremony organised for the poor by a charitable trust in Patna recently.

The couple were married at a mass wedding ceremony like the above

The couple, both visually challenged since their childhood, have been living together in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, for the past one year, but were unable to get married owing to financial constraints.

"I earn only Rs6,000 only a month. I wanted to marry Rekha but had no money. I am a Brahmin while Rekha hails from a Scheduled Caste community. This was unacceptable to my family.

"I came to Patna to fulfil my wish when I heard about a mass wedding programme on an FM radio channel in Jabalpur," Tiwari said.

While listening to a local FM radio channel, Tiwari came to know that charitable organisation Maa Vaishno Devi Seva Samiti was organising a mass wedding ceremony for the poor in Patna.

"Rekha and I got in touch with the organisation over the phone, which facilitated our trip for the ceremony," he said. Around 48 other couples also got married at the function.

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Blind lovers from different castes defy family disapproval to marry in mass wedding with 48 other couples